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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 36977 and 36988?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 36977 and 36988 is 1.

GCF(36977,36988) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 36977 and 36988, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 36977 and 36988.

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How to find the GCF of 36977 and 36988?

We will first find the prime factorization of 36977 and 36988. After we will calculate the factors of 36977 and 36988 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 36977

Prime factors of 36977 are 103, 359. Prime factorization of 36977 in exponential form is:

36977 = 1031 × 3591

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 36988

Prime factors of 36988 are 2, 7, 1321. Prime factorization of 36988 in exponential form is:

36988 = 22 × 71 × 13211

Step-3: Factors of 36977

List of positive integer factors of 36977 that divides 36977 without a remainder.

1, 103, 359

Step-4: Factors of 36988

List of positive integer factors of 36988 that divides 36977 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 1321, 2642, 5284, 9247, 18494

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 36977 and 36988. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 36977 and 36988 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 36977 and 36988